HARNESS WEIGHTS.
| No. | Article. | Wheel. | Lead. | ||||||
| Near. | Off. | Near. | Off. | ||||||
| Lbs. | Oz. | Lbs. | Oz. | Lbs. | Oz. | Lbs. | Oz. | ||
| 1 | Halter | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | Bridle | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 1 | Coupling-strap | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| 1 | Collar | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||
| 1 | Breast-strap | 1 | 14 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| 1 | Martingale | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 2 | Traces, with chains and mogul springs | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| 1 | Saddle complete | 17 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 |
| 1 | Saddle-bags, pair of | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 |
| 1 | Breeching complete | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| 1 | Crupper | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| 1 | Blanket | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 1 | Leg-guard | 2 | 11 | ||||||
| 1 | Whip | 12 | |||||||
| Total | 69 | 1 | 66 | 4 | 58 | 12 | 59 | 6 | |
| 1 | Watering-bridle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | Surcingle | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 1 | Nose-bag | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Grand total | 71 | 15 | 69 | 2 | 61 | 10 | 62 | 4 | |
| Horse-brush and currycomb weigh 1.32 lbs. | |||||||||
| Lariat and picket-pin weigh 3.09 " | |||||||||
COLT'S REVOLVER, CALIBRE .45.
This revolver is retained, for the present, for light batteries, and experiments are now being made to ascertain if a shorter barrel can not be advantageously used.
Fig. 71.
Nomenclature.—(A) barrel; (B) frame; (B′) recoil-plate; (C) cylinder; (DD) centre-pin; (D′) centre-pin bushing; (E) guard; (F) back-strap; (G) hammer; (H) mainspring; (I) hammer-roll and rivet; (J) hammer-screw; (K) hammer-cam; (L) hand and hand-spring; (M) bolt and screw; (N) trigger and screw; (O) hammer-notches; (P) firing-pin and rivet; (Q) ejector-rod and spring; (Q′) ejector-tube; (R) ejector-head; (S) ejector-tube screw; (T) short guard-screw; (U) sear and bolt-spring (combined) and screw; (V) back-strap screw; (W) mainspring-screw; (X) front sight; (Y) centre-pin screw. The two back-strap screws just behind the hammer, the stock, the long guard-screw, gate, gate-catch screw, gate-spring, and gate-catch are not shown in [Fig. 71].
To Load.—Hold the revolver in the left hand, muzzle downward; half-cock it with the right hand and open the gate. Insert the cartridges with the right hand, close the gate, and bring the hammer to the safety-notch. Keep it there until the revolver is fired.
To Eject the Cartridge-shells.—Hold the revolver in the left hand, at the half-cock, and with the gate open. Eject the shells with the ejector, pushed by the right hand, turning the cylinder with the thumb and fore finger of the left hand.